# 18NewYearsOTRClassics

Heard 1944–1958. 18 episodes.

18 New Year OTR Shows, 1944-1958 Comedy, science fiction, horror, detective, and variety shows from the first week (12/31 - 1/7) of the new year. This is a volunteer effort but please try and pay it forward --- donate a buck or five to our hosts at Archive dot org. 1/5/44 - Mail Call, featuring Jack Benny, Judy Garland, and Johnny Mercer 'Mercer sings his new song, "G. I. Jive." J&J rehearse romance scene.' 1/2/45 - The Strange Dr. Weird - The Tiger Cat 'delightfully gruesome goody about a scientist with an animal growth serum' 1/3/46 - Rogue's Gallery - Murder at Minden 'Stark McVeigh is murdered after hiring Richard Rogue,leading to a counterfeiter's hideout.' 1/1/46 - Red Skelton - Bells and Resolutions The king of icky-sweet humor rings in the new year with promises, promises. 1/7/46 - Jubilee, featuring Lionel Hampton and Lena Horne The first tune is, "Slide, Hamp, Slide." Horne sings "Stormy Weather" 1/1/47 - The Great Gildersleeve - New Year's Costume Ball Gildersleeve dresses as a pirate 1/7/47 - Mel Blanc - The Broken Prize Record of Caruso Mel gets in hot water when he... 1/5/48 - My Friend Irma - The Great Irma 'Irma feels she's meant for greater things' 12/30/48 - Sealtest Variety Theater - New Year's Eve with Lionel Barrymore 'Dorothy Lamour's first tune is "Pretty Baby." Barrymore appears in a New Year's drama with Dot.' 12/31/49 - Bob and Ray - New Year's Eve Show "The last show of the 1940's" focuses on 49's highlights. 1/2/50 - Candy…

## Sets

- 18NewYearsOTRClassics (Old Time Radio): Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/18NewYearOTRClassics

## Episodes, in broadcast order

1. [Jack Benny, Judy Garland, Johnny Mercer, Delta Rhythm Boys](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/c0eb39551eb5), aired 5 January 1944 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/MailCall_44-01-05-Jack_Benny__Judy_Garland__Johnny_Mercer.mp3
1. [The Tiger Cat](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/a3915f6d1938), aired 2 January 1945 (11 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/The_Strange_Dr_Weird_45-01-02_ep09_The_Tiger_Cat.mp3
1. [Bells and Resolutions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/29fb7315de97), aired 1 January 1946 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/RedSkelton_460101_Bells_and_Resolutions.mp3
1. [Murder At Minden](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/b6fd055fec31), aired 3 January 1946 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/Rogues_Gallery_46-01-03_Murder_At_Minden.mp3
1. [LionelHampton LenaHorne](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/ba7290a62b40), aired 7 January 1946 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/Jubilee-460107_LionelHampton_LenaHorne.mp3
1. [New Years Costume Ball](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/d3b63351dcab), aired 1 January 1947 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/GrGildersleeve_1947-01-01_New_Years_Costume_Ball.mp3
1. [TheBrokenPrizeRecordOfCaruso](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/42aae040cc1c), aired 7 January 1947 (24 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/Mel_Blanc_47-01-07_TheBrokenPrizeRecordOfCaruso.mp3
1. [The Great Irma](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/b5bc64fa15ea), aired 5 January 1948 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/My_Friend_Irma_48-01-05_ep039_The_Great_Irma.mp3
1. [New Year's Show](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/3f12cb67b669), aired 30 December 1948 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/SealTestVT_48-12-30_16_New_Years_Eve.mp3
1. [BobandRay NewYearsEveShow](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/fca940aed3ed), aired 31 December 1949 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/1949-12-31-BobandRay-NewYearsEveShow.mp3
1. [NC-98012- Insurance Crash](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/648953ba8322), aired 2 January 1950 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/CandyMatson_1950-01-02-InsuranceCrash.mp3
1. [The Torch Carriers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/a322c68ef8d7), aired 7 January 1950 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/Adventures_Of_Philip_Marlowe_500107_The_Torch_Carriers.mp3
1. [OurMissBrooks ExchangingChristmasGifts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/d2115569b777), aired 31 December 1950 (28 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/1950-12-31OurMissBrooks-ExchangingChristmasGifts.mp3
1. [ProfBarrett'sPlay](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/22b1042a51a2), aired 3 January 1951 (28 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/51-01-03HallsOfIvy_ProfBarrettsPlay.mp3
1. [Montague's Father](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/731b58a5d77c), aired 5 January 1951 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/MagnMonty-510105_09MontaguesFather.mp3
1. [Fibber McGee and Molly](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/a703fbf6a0ff), aired 28 December 1953 (14 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/1953-12-28FibberMcGee_PlanningElksClubNewYear.mp3
1. [Mighty Wurlitzer, the](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/04c2a7343835), aired 3 January 1956 (27 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/1956-01-03__Goon_Show_the_-_Mighty_Wurlitzer_the.mp3
1. [Prime Difference](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/18newyearsotrclassics/27400b45cf24), aired 2 January 1958 (20 min): https://archive.org/download/18NewYearOTRClassics/X%20Minus%20One%2058-01-02%20%28124%29%20Prime%20Difference.mp3

From the Old Time Radio collection at the Internet Archive, uploaded by the collector named.

Nothing here is called public domain on this site's say-so. In the United States, sound recordings first fixed before 15 February 1972 have federal protection under the Music Modernization Act of 2018, for most until 2067 at the latest, so most American radio of the 1930s to the 1950s is not in the public domain there. Each set shows the licence, mark or statement its archive gives, and says whose it is.